Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Russia: Repression, War, And Prospects For Freedom
H.R. McMaster and Vladimir Kara-Murza discuss the state of the war in Ukraine, the prospects and perils facing Russia’s opposition, the shifting currents of Russian domestic politics, the effort to organize the Russian diaspora into a coherent political force, and prospects of a post-Putin Russia. …read more Source:: Hoover...
Sergey Sanovich On BBC News
Hoover Institution fellow Sergey Sanovich says Trump will push for an energy ceasefire when he meets with Zelensky, but giving Ukraine enough Patriot interceptors is the only way to convince Putin to agree to it – otherwise, Putin will still believe one more barrage of ballistic missiles will get him the victory. …read more Source:: Hoover...
Ukraine’s Black Sea attacks take a toll on Russia’s economy
Since early June this year, Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on Russian shipping in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, as well as on port infrastructure along the coast. This has severely curtailed the flow of Russian commodities through these waters, with the agricultural and oil sectors bearing the brunt of the losses. …read more...
Building together: How Europe and Ukraine should deepen their defence industrial partnership
Building together: How Europe and Ukraine should deepen their defence industrial partnership marianna.liana… Tue, 09/22/2026 – 10:07 10 minutes From assistance to integration EU-Ukraine defence-industrial cooperation is moving from a logic of support to one of partnership. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, European...
First Principles for a New Progressive Foreign Policy
This is the first article in a two-part series. For many years, progressive movements and activists have longed for the moment when we could imagine a real foreign policy rooted in true internationalism and solidarity. But in our efforts to influence actual policy decisions, we’ve settled for important but smaller asks — ending specific...
War Watch: The Storm Cone
“This Is the midnight – let no star“Delude us – dawn is very far.“This is the tempest long foretold“Slow to make head but sure to hold.”Rudyard Kipling, England’s greatest poet of Empire, who then became the unwilling prophet and witness of that empire’s catastrophe and coming dissolution, published that frightening warning in 1932,...
Russia’s war plan: subjugate Ukraine, intimidate Europe, buy off the US
Russia is preparing to escalate its aggression against Ukraine and launch a new phase of its so-called hybrid war against Europe. The Kremlin is pursuing this course because it remains unable to achieve its objectives and faces mounting domestic challenges. At the same time, it remains confident of victory, basing this assessment on the perceived...
Book Review: Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered A Quarter Of Humanity
Hoover Institution fellow Frank Dikötter’s Red Dawn over China is very good at showing us the nature of revolution in Mao’s China, which closely resembles the “collectivization of agriculture” and Ukrainian “Holodomor”, as well as Mao’s own later “Cultural Revolution,” pitting levels of the peasantry, the landless, and the...
Levers of influence, Africa, Diplomatic power
Levers of influence, Africa, Diplomatic power christian.diet… Thu, 09/17/2026 – 22:12 8 minutes China maintains embassies in all 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations, against 50 EU Delegations and 49 US embassies. Six countries — Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and Tunisia — host all 15 external actors...
Neue Mobilmachung in Russland?
Präsident Selenskyj und ukrainische Geheimdienste warnen seit dem Frühjahr davor, dass Russland nach der Dumawahl vom 18. bis 20. September 300.000 bis 800.000 zusätzliche Soldaten einziehen könnte. Präsident Putin selbst wies solche Berichte am 1. September als »völligen Unsinn” zurück, schränkte seine Aussage aber zwei Tage später ein:...
